What The Trumpets Are All About

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2005 Trumpet Student Leaders


Michael M
Section Leader
Rob R
Section Leader
Chris S
Section Leader
Alan T
Drum Major
Casey B
Drum Major
Elliot E
Drum Major



The History Behind The Section

The Pope Trumpet Section was born in the fall of 1987. Pope High School was a brand new school with many new and exciting events in front of it. The band was under direction of Mr. Gary Gribble. Mr. Gribble is still directing the bands at Pope. Pope has had few assistant directors come and go but currently Ms. Cynthia Sallas is the assistant director of bands. Here is a list of Pope's past marching shows:

1987- "James Bond"
1988- "Swan Lake"
1989- "Phantom of the Opera"
1990- "Tchaikovsky"
1991- "Les Miserables"
1992- "Robin Hood"
1993- "Jurassic Park"
1994- "Gettysburg"
1995- "Stormworks"
1996- "Accension/Inferno"
1997- "Cirque du Soleil"
1998- "Southern Images"
1999- "Lord of the Rings"
2000- "Millenia 5"
2001- "Prophecy of the Earth"
2002- "American Faces"
2003- "Zero to Sixty"
2004- "Elements in Balance"
2005- TBA (soon)



To learn more about the Pope Band, please click the link below to go to the Band's website.
www.popeband.com


The Current Section The Pope Trumpets have beginning their 2004 marching season.  There will be 18 marching trumpets, one trumpet color guard captain, and 3 trumpet Drum Majors, and 1 trumpet/ mello player.  There are 4 incoming rookies/freshmen coming in this season.